What's The Origin Of The Idea Of Journal 2 Having Independent Personhood? I've Never Considered The Idea

what's the origin of the idea of journal 2 having independent personhood? i've never considered the idea of it being alive or something before and that's a very compelling thought, especially considering what we know of its contents

Here, have the whole date it was created.

tl;dr: we were talking about Care Bears, brought up the movie with an evil talking grimoire, and went "hey one of the journals should do that."

Some of the sigil-based spells Ford wrote in the book accidentally interacted in such a way as to give it life.

Slay the Princess: a summary

things we need to remind the gf fandom of every other day

abuse victims are not stupid or gullible for being abused. period, full stop, no qualifiers, no exceptions.

psych wards and forced hospitalization are not funny and are in fact serious and often traumatizing, even if the person being hospitalized is a bad person

ptsd is serious and should really be acknowledged as such, and people with ptsd are not evil or inherently dangerous or "feral" for exhibiting symptoms

polydactyly is a limb difference and, yes, people are discriminated against for it and have unique challenges because of it. it is also a real condition, not something alex hirsch made up for his show, just because you've never seen something doesn't mean it isn't real

not sugarcoating it

I was today years old when I learned about the Japan-exclusive Family Mart Luigi merchandise.

y’all just— thinking about how excited Stanley must have been to host the twins— Alex says he smokes cigars but he doesn’t smoke once in the show— has a beer gut but he only drinks sodas in front of the kids— doesn’t swear when they’re around which must have taken INCREDIBLE effort— Stanley Pines, known crook, buying pancake mix at the supermarket and many bottles of syrup— learning to cook basic healthy meals and burning so many of them before he gets it right— buying new sheets, new mattresses— avoiding bunk beds because it reminds him of Ford— looking at the attic room he made wondering “is this enough will they like me”— trying to act aloof at the bus stop so he doesn’t betray the fact that he was there hours early— watching them goof around and thinking of New Jersey beaches— then the first night they’re there, he watches them debate running away and only stay because Mabel shook a magic 8 ball. That must have kept him awake all night.